NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announces the summer sale of Interiors taking place on August 22, 2018 in New York. The auction presents over 400 lots of furniture, decorative objects, and fine art, led by a selection of Property from the Collection of Tom Britt. Taking place concurrently is the online sale The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Design and Interiors (August 1623). Both auctions will be on view at Christie’s New York August 17-22.

Designer and collector, Tom Britt’s interiors are consistently dynamic, inventive, and optimistic, with palettes presenting a rainbow of primary colors often emboldened with splashes of glossy black or brilliant white. Featured in the sale are furnishings emblematic of his signature aesthetic, blending together luxuriously gilded European antiques with Indian temple fragments, Chinese tables flecked with mother of pearl, and consoles modeled after the capitals that grace ancient buildings in the Middle East.

Additionally, Christie’s worked alongside tastemakers Sarah Bray, Interiors Editor at Modern Luxury, and Anne Spilman, designer, to select objects from the sale and create a series of vignettes set against gem-colored walls enhanced by signature Schumacher prints. For more information about their selections and insights into how to incorporate antiques into diverse, modern interiors.

THE COLLECTION OF MELVA BUCKSBAUM: DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN
Online | 16-23 August 2018
Taking place August 16-23 and on view alongside the Interiors sale, is the online sale The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Decorative Arts and Design, which presents over 100 lots of decorative art and design featuring an exceptional collection of Boch Frères Keramis ceramics, European silver, 19th/20th Century design, Chinese furniture and textiles, and a selection of rare art books.

Across her many years in philanthropy, leadership and collecting, Melva Bucksbaum stood as one of the art world’s most beloved figures. Tireless in her support of artists and their work, she held an unwavering belief in the power of the creative process to transform individuals and communities. Seeking to share her passion for art with all, her unshakeable belief in the artistic process led to what is perhaps her greatest public feat: the Bucksbaum Award, established in 2000.

Nowhere was Melva Bucksbaum’s commitment to art more apparent than in her private collection of fine art, decorative art and design, displayed with pride at her residence in New York, where she demonstrated how to truly live with art every day. Additional property from the collection will be sold in October 2018, in a dedicated online sale The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints (October 16-24).

Highlights
• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF TOM BRITT A PAIR OF CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUX BAMBOO BOOKCASES, DESIGNED BY TOM BRITT, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY $5,000-7,000

• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF TOM BRITT A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE SIDE TABLE COVERED IN FORTUNY FABRIC, 20TH CENTURY $1,500-2,000

• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF TOM BRITT A PAIR OF NORTH AMERICAN PORTABLE SNOWSHOE CANOE CHAIRS, MANUFACTURED BY TUBBS, WALLINGFORD, VT, MID-20TH CENTURY $1,000-1,500

• TIFFANY STUDIOS A DESK CLOCK CIRCA 1910 $4,000-$6,000

• A SILVERED WOOD AND REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS OVERMANTEL MIRROR EARLY 20TH CENTURY $4,000–6,000

• A MOROCCAN FLATWEAVE RUG HIGH ATLAS, 20TH CENTURY $800-1,200

• A SET OF SIX GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS $700–900

• A SET OF FOUR BLUE SATIN UPHOLSTERED SLIPPER CHAIRS TOGETHER WITH A PAIR OF SILVEREDWOOD LOW TABLES $800–1,200

• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MELVA BUCKSBAUM BOCH FRÈRES KERAMIS THREE VESSELS, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY $1,000–1,500

• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MELVA BUCKSBAUM A PAIR OF FRENCH IRONMOUNTED OAK CENTER TABLES SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY $3,000–5,000

• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MELVA BUCKSBAUM ERWINE (1909-2003) AND ESTELLE (1915-1997) LAVERNE A PAIR OF ‘TULIP’ CHAIRS, CIRCA 1968 $3,000–5,000

• PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MELVA BUCKSBAUM JUDY KENSLEY MCKIE (B. 1944), AN 'IBIS DEMILUNE' CONSOLE TABLE, 2004 $12,000–18,000